Volume 1

Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sanitary state of the army in India : with précis of evidence.

  • Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sanitary state of the army in India : with précis of evidence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gnv, further, We do order and direct you to inquire as to the Practicability of establishing a general system of Military Statistics throughout India, and to ascertain whether any, and what Means exist, of comparing the Diseases and Mortality of the Troops with those of the Civil Population, English and Native. Qnv, We do further command and require you to Report what Changes you may consider it expedient to make in the present Practice, with respect to any of the Subjects above mentioned. And, it is Our further will and pleasure that you, or any Five or more of you, do obtain Information touching the Matters aforesaid, by the Examination of all Persons most competent, by reason of their Knowledge, Habits, or Experience, to afford it; and also by calling for all Documents, Papers, or Records, which may appear to you, or any Five or more of you, calculated to assist your Researches and to promote the formation of a sound Judgment on the Subject, and that you, or any Five or more of you, do report to Us, under your hands and seals, your several Proceedings by virtue of this Our Commission, together with your Opinions touching the _ several Matters hereby referred for your consideration. Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this Thirty- first Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and in the T'wenty-second of Our Reign. By Her Majesty’s Command. (Signed) STANLEY.
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